Integrated Response for HIV/AIDS and GBV Prevention and control SHARP TO 01

Integrated Response for HIV/AIDS and GBV Prevention and control SHARP TO 01 is a two-year project funded by USAID and implemented by Chemonics International in partnership with Indigenous Organization Save Mothers and Children Initiative SMACI. The goal of the project is to reduce the rate of new HIV infection amongst General Population and improving linkage between community-based HIV and GBV prevention interventions and clinical post-GBV care services. Including Adhere to ART in 9 LGAs of   Zamfara state to identify and support proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening health systems with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) in Kebbi, Kwara, Niger, Sokoto, and Zamfara States.


SHARP TO 01 Project is focus on increasing awareness and knowledge about Gender-Based Violence, GBV, promoting healthy behaviors including risk avoidance, HIV counseling, and testing services and improving referrals and linkages to care and treatment services as well as Provision of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis services thus contributing to the projects objective of providing high quality and effective high-impact, evidence-based GBV interventions to meet Nigeria’s state/LGA-specific goals. In view of the above objective the Save Mothers and Children SMACI implements it activities on SGBV with respect the agreed Target and milestone to reach 183 GEND_GBV Sexual
Violence. Allotted target 
for the period of seven month (May 2021 to November 2021) And during the lifespan of the project SMACI reached 230 GEND_GBV Sexual
Violence,
through the following milestones activities/indicators Identification and provision of targeted GBV services/counseling of 183 individuals affected

by GBV Facilitate 90% linkage and referrals between organizations providing GBV Conducted Four (4) Awareness raising campaign in the Communities. Conducted Six (6) Forum for women affected with GBV Conducted Four (4) Health Education and skills development sessions for women affected by GBV In other to achieved above milestones indicators SMACI conducted the following Key activities in project implementation: Advocacy visits, to relevant stakeholder, Recruitment and training of 6 Outreach officer, 12 health educators, 24 Change agent/focal person, Daily Outreach, Weekly safe space sessions for SGBV survivors and their family, Community awareness/session on SGBV, Forum for individual affected men and women, monthly coordination Meetings with organizations providing GBV services Including security agencies in the state  , coaching and mentoring of health workers providing services to victims and outreach supervisions, feedback meeting with survivors and their family. However, the project implementation comes with many challenges due to insecurity in Zamfara state. The above mention activities were conducted for the progress of the project throughout the implementation period. Despite the security challenges in some of the project communities the project has recorded a tremendous success with regards to number of SGBV cases recorded and number of survivors   enrolled for health education and skill development. Cumulatively, from the project inception May, 2021 to end Date November, 2021. SMACI Supported 230 SGBV Survivor with different service in Zamfara and follow up with the 150 Survivors for advices on health condition, emotional support, Building the relationships of 12 families resolving their issues, Referred 4 survivors to the hospitals for Mental Health and psychological support and supported 45 survivors with Non Food Items cloths, soaps under wears, Vaseline and slippers in the implementation of the project. SMACI Successfully delivered the following Result: 

  • Identified Referred 230 SGBV cases and all of them received accurate information about available services with up-to-date and accurate information about any services and support parson.
  • SMACI has achieved its target or even surpassed its target
  • Follow up with 192 Survivors for advices on Health condition, relationship, Family Issues School drop-out due to stigma
  • All the 230 survivors received medical support including counseling

 To date 6 perpetrators are convicted and 8 are at the state CID office for legal action SMACI has achieve its target on Linkages or even surpassed its target Follow up with 192 Survivors for advices on Health condition, relationship, Family Issues Referred 4 survivor to the hospitals for Mental Health and psychological support Engage16 Organization and Agencies providing SGBV service and support 

  • Sensitization of 300 Men and Women to know their children right in terms of SGBV
  • Sensitizes/ Identify 14 in charges at Tsafe LGA for accompanying of survivors to nearest facility 
  • Effective monthly coordination/ awareness meeting with stakeholders
  • Enrolment of 89 SGBV survivors by peers in to a group and Formations of 6 forums for GBV survivor and their Families, 1 additional forum for the Men on protecting and supporting SGBV Survivor
  • Empowering GBV survivor and their Families to advocate shift on policies, support, services and justices
  • Linking 14 SGBV survivor to Safe space of Min for women affairs and SAC center
  • Creating

 Successfully refer 192 SGVB survivor for Health Education at SAC center, General Hospital Tsafe Kaura and King Fahad SAC center Gusau Successfully conducted 4 session on skill development to the Survivor and their Family reaching 154 people in Gusau Tsafe and Kaura Namoda LGA 31 Survivors are being Link to Ministry for women affairs UNAEP center and Sexual Assault Centre (SAC) Human Right for supported and Helping them overcome trauma and social stigma, Psychosocial support and Help survivor/victim to understand the legal options & necessary steps to pursue justice.  Follow up with the 150 Survivor for health education and making referrals on any other Issues 

  • Successfully deliver the following modules to the SSGBV Survivor:
  • Managing Complicit and SGBV
  • Shame or not shame
  • Barrier
  • You are Not Alone
  • Dow way to our dream
  • Saving goals

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